Original green cloth on boards. Light wear to covers, tips, and spine head. Small foxing spot bottom corners of pp. 144-151, but still easily read. No writing. Lizzie Greystock, left penniless by her father, latches onto a wealthy senior. He lets her wear diamonds which are a family heirloom, and after he dies she wants to keep them. An incurable prevaricator, she puts up a strong fight. 351 pp.